• news
  • Life
  • Entertainment
  • Family
  • Animals
  • Food
  • Health Tip
  • Life Hacks
  • Quiz
Skip to content

  • news
  • Life
  • Entertainment
  • Family
  • Animals
  • Food
  • Health Tip
  • Life Hacks
  • Quiz

  • news
  • Life
  • Entertainment
  • Family
  • Animals
  • Food
  • Health Tip
  • Life Hacks
  • Quiz

22 60.jpg?resize=1200,630 - South Korea On Highest Alert Level As Confirmed Cases Surged Significantly In Daegu

South Korea On Highest Alert Level As Confirmed Cases Surged Significantly In Daegu

South Korea raised its alert to the “highest level” as COVID-19 confirmed cases surged.

ADVERTISEMENT

President Moon Jae-in made a statement recently, announcing that the country is facing a “grave turning point” and they are now about to face the most crucial battle to contain the epidemic.

Eight people have died from the disease while the number of infections is now up to 830.

ADVERTISEMENT
Source: AP

Around 140 new cases were found in and near Daegu, where they have recorded the most number of infections in the country.

ADVERTISEMENT

Five of those who succumbed were linked to a hospital in Cheongdo, near Daegu, where most of the infected were patients in a psychiatric ward.

Officials are hopeful that they could contain the epidemic in the region, although experts have pointed out signs that the virus has already circulated around the country.

ADVERTISEMENT
Source: EPA

The experts noted a number of cases in the country’s capital, Seoul, and reminded that the disease is not immediately traceable.

ADVERTISEMENT

According to South Korean vice health minister Kim Gang-lip, “In Daegu, the number of new cases that are being confirmed by tests is quite large, and if we fail to effectively stem community transmissions in this area, there would be a large possibility (that the illness) spreads nationwide.”

ADVERTISEMENT

He also shared the health officials’ plain to identify Daegu’s residents who exhibits cold-like symptoms, and have all of them tested for the infection.

Source: Getty Images

They are also screening around 9,000 followers of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in the city, where a 60-year-old woman attended two worship services before testing positive for COVID-19.

ADVERTISEMENT

Meanwhile, a hundreds of people were filmed as they patiently wait in line to buy facemasks in Daegu.

Source: The Maeil Shinmun

A supermarket in Daegu had faced long lines of people whose only wish is to protect themselves against the spread of the infection.

ADVERTISEMENT

 

Posts

vonvon article.png - Vera Wang Confirms Her Age After People Doubted She’s 70 Years Old
news

Vera Wang Confirms Her Age After People Doubted She’s 70 Years Old

January 2, 2023
mcdonalds.jpg - Six-Year-Old Girl Chokes On ‘Face Mask’ Buried Inside McDonald’s Chicken Nuggets
Food • news

Six-Year-Old Girl Chokes On ‘Face Mask’ Buried Inside McDonald’s Chicken Nuggets

December 31, 2022
dsfasdf 1.jpg - The "World’s Oldest Person" Celebrates Her 134th Birthday At A Banquet Party
Life • news

The “World’s Oldest Person” Celebrates Her 134th Birthday At A Banquet Party

December 25, 2022
6 30.jpg - Band-Aid Will Make Brown & Black Toned Bandages That Embrace The Beauty of Diverse Skin
news

Band-Aid Will Make Brown & Black Toned Bandages That Embrace The Beauty of Diverse Skin

December 25, 2022
asdf.jpg - Man, 24, Dies In Explosion While Attempting To Loot ATM In Philadelphia
news

Man, 24, Dies In Explosion While Attempting To Loot ATM In Philadelphia

December 25, 2022

Pages

  • SJnews com

[rsnippet name="sitename" multi-site="true"] Copyright 2020. All rights reserved.

Privacy Policy   [rsnippet name="termsofservice" multi-site="true"]   [rsnippet name="editors" multi-site="true"] [rsnippet name="naver-post" multi-site="true"]